Borrowing to invest in fixed income arbitrage

If you can take out a personal loan of say $25k at a 3% annual rate and invest in a fixed income fund with a return of say 6%, what's the reason not to?

Let's assume we're talking about developed markets and corporate bonds with a solid rating. The risk of widespread default is immaterial. 

Talk me out of this arbitrage opportunity.

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It’s not arbitrage in the traditional sense, but I get your point. It depends how you structure the debt. If you are on a LoC you are open to variable interest rate risk. If you get a mortgage and fix it, you are open to an issue where you might need to make a bullet payment at the end of your term and the underlying asset has crashed. It’s not super risky and personally I think it makes sense to do to some degree

 

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